Chassis No. 39-719:Chassis No. 39-719 will turn its first laps on a racetrack with practice on Friday at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway. The new chassis for Newman has been to the wind tunnel in recent weeks and will make its first start this weekend.

Richmond Notes of Interest:

• The Capital City 400 will mark Newman’s 377th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 21st career Sprint Cup start at Richmond. Newman has one win (2003), one pole, five top-five finishes and 12 top-10s in 20 starts at Richmond.

• After eight races this season, Newman is 10th in the driver standings, 63 points behind series leader Greg Biffle. In addition to his victory at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway four weekends ago, Newman has two top-five finishes and three top-10s.

• Newman has career totals of 16 wins, 49 poles, 83 top-five finishes and 155 top-10s in 376 Sprint Cup starts. His most recent win at Martinsville three races ago ended a winless streak of 23 races dating back to the historic July 2011 win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, where Newman and his teammate Tony Stewart started 1-2 and finished 1-2, respectively.

• Newman’s only win at Richmond came in September 2003. In that race, Newman started fourth and led 125 laps en route to victory. Newman won a series-high eight races that season.

• While Newman only has one win at Richmond, he has two runner-up finishes at the Virginia short track. Both came in his rookie season in 2002.

• The South Bend, Ind., native has just one pole at Richmond. His pole-run at the .75-mile track came at the September 2004 race. Newman has 49 Sprint Cup poles, tying him for ninth on the all-time career pole list with Bobby Isaac. Newman is second among active full-time Sprint Cup drivers behind Jeff Gordon (70). Newman’s last pole came 17 races ago at New Hampshire.

• In five starts in NASCAR Nationwide Series competition at Richmond, Newman has two top-five finishes and three top-10s.

• Newman has competed in one International Race of Champions event at the .75-mile oval. He started 11th and finished second in the 2004 all-star race.

• Strong Runs at Richmond for No. 39: Since joining the No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing team, Newman & Company has logged some strong runs and solid performances at the .75-mile oval. In six races at Richmond, the team has earned four top-10 finishes – the other two races were 11th-place and 20th-place efforts.

• Loop data shows how strong Newman has been at Richmond. In points-paying races over the past seven years, Newman’s average running position at the .75-mile oval is 11.037, which ranks fifth. Newman also ranks third in laps run in the top-15 as he has run 4,532 of 5,610 laps (80.8 percent) in the top-15. Newman’s overall driver rating is seventh.

• Short-Track Success: In addition to scoring one win already this season at Martinsville – the other Virginia short track – Newman and his No. 39 team have a history of impressive runs at the short tracks on the Sprint Cup circuit. In fact, the No. 39 has enjoyed the majority of its success on the short tracks. In 27 combined starts at the four short tracks on the Cup circuit – Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, Martinsville, Phoenix International Raceway and Richmond – Newman has earned two poles (Bristol and Martinsville), two wins (Phoenix and Martinsville), seven top-five finishes and 18 top-10s.

• This weekend, Newman will pilot the No. 39 U.S. Army Reserve Chevy. As an enduring operational force, the U.S. Army Reserve is the premier force provider of America’s Citizen-Soldiers for planned and emerging missions at home and abroad. Enhanced by civilian skills that serve as a force multiplier, the Army Reserve delivers vital military capabilities essential to the Total Force.